Bricks: Fired / unfired clay, reclaimed & calcium silicate

Blocks: Concrete masonry and its alternatives

Pitched roof coverings 1: Wood shingle, slate & clay tile

Pitched roof coverings 2: Concrete tile, slate & rubber

Pitched roof coverings 3: Metal: Steel

Flat roof coverings: Membrane & Asphalt

Window frame Materials & Design

Smooth floor covering

Building insulation materials 1 - introduction

Building insulation materials 2: 'Natural' / Organic

Building insulation materials 3: Mineral

Building insulation materials 4: Oil - based polymers

Rainwater goods

Timber and the environment Coniferous forests and Climate Change

Glossary of timber terminology

Cross-laminated timber / CLT

Timber cladding

Wood Fibre Insulation: Contents

Timber preservation

Wood panels & boards

Accoya wood

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC)

Rammed earth

Unfired clay bricks

Unfired clay bricks and structure

Plaster and Render

Gypsum Plasterboard: Manufacture & Additives

Lime mortar, render and plaster Limecrete Floors for Old Buildings

Windows: Heat loss & Heat gain

Commercial carpet tiles 1: Materials

Commercial carpet tiles 2: Performance

Paint: Health & the Environment

Airtightness and the 'Intelligent' membrane

The Chemistry of manufacturing plastics

Steel production & environmental impact

Aluminium production & environmental impact

Copper production & environmental impact

Zinc production & environmental impact

Lead production & environmental impact

Cement: Materials and manufacturing process

Aggregates for Concrete

The Environmental Impacts of Concrete Concrete and Sustainability

The UK Concrete Industry: Sustainable Construction Strategy Concrete: Cement Substitutes Concrete: Exploiting thermal mass Concrete: Specifying for Sustainability

Specifying Recycled and secondary Aggregates

Green roofs: types & construction

Green roof: design guidance

Introduction: Toxins and Toxicology

REACH - and what it means

The Substitute it Now! (SIN) chemicals list

The 'Red List' of Building Materials

Alkylphenols

Asbestos

Bisphenol A

Cadmium

Chlorinated Polyethylene (CPE)

Chlorobenzene

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)

Chloroprene

Chlorosulfonated polyethylene (CSPE)

Formaldehyde

Halogenated flame retardants

Hexavalent chromium (aka Chromium-6 )

Lead

Mercury

Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs)

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)

Polyvinylidene Chloride (PVDC)

Phthalates

Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (SCCPs) (aka Chlorinated alkanes) Vinyl (PVC) Flooring and Pregnancy

Heat transfer: Conduction, Convection & Radiation

U-Value for dummies

Insulation materials and their thermal properties

Airtightness

Air barrier design

Thermal Bypass

Decrement delay & Thermal buffering

Thermal mass Embodied Carbon of Insulation

Passivhaus: At a Glance

Inspiration: Passivhaus needn't be dull!

The Passivhaus Standard

The Passivhaus Building Envelope

Airtight Construction

The Heat Loss Form Factor

Thermal Bridge-Free Construction

Quality assured Passivhaus: Part 1

Quality assured Passivhaus: Part 2

Electricity: towards 'Distributed Generation'

Solar hot water collectors

Photovoltaic (PV) cells aka Solar Panels

Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP)

Small wind turbines, 1 - 6 kW

Biomass for heating and electricity generation

Micro CHP: Heat & Electricity

Fuel Cells: Heat and Electricity

Thermal Storage

MVHR for architects: Including it early in the design

Housing Retrofit: Developing a strategy

Housing Retrofit: Insulation: Insulated Render

Housing Retrofit: Insulation: Timber, slate & tile cladding

Housing Retrofit: Insulation: Rainscreen cladding

Housing Retrofit: Solid wall: Internal lining

Housing Retrofit: Ventilated pitched roof insulation

Housing Retrofit: Unventilated pitched roof insulation

Housing Retrofit: 'Cold roof' (loft) insulation

Housing Retrofit: Timber flat roof insulation

Housing Retrofit: Concrete flat roof insulation

Housing Retrofit: Ground floor insulation

Housing Retrofit: Energy-efficient / low-energy windows

Housing Retrofit: Whole house ventilation

Housing Retrofit: Airtightness

Housing Retrofit: Gas fuelled space & water heating

Housing Retrofit: Wood fuel space & water heating

Housing Retrofit: Radiators & Underfloor heating (ufh)

Housing Retrofit: Solar hot water heating

Housing Retrofit: Air & Ground Source Heat Pumps

Housing Retrofit: Renewable Electricity

Retrofit Case study 1: 1930s terrace house

Passivhaus retrofit examples

Owner / occupier retrofit examples

Introduction: Old buildings can be green

The importance of breathability in old buildings

Lime

Maintenance

Damp

Draughts and Thermal Bridging

Ventilation

Retrofit Essentials

Insulation

Designing for dismantling, re-use and recycling

Design for recycling v design for durability

Assessing materials for recycling

Glossary of Green Building: A Glossary of Green Building: B Glossary of Green Building: C Glossary of Green Building: D Glossary of Green Building: E Glossary of Green Building: F Glossary of Green Building: G Glossary of Green Building: H Glossary of Green Building: I Glossary of Green Building: K Glossary of Green Building: L Glossary of Green Building: M Glossary of Green Building: N Glossary of Green Building: O Glossary of Green Building: P Glossary of Green Building: R Glossary of Green Building: S Glossary of Green Building: T Glossary of Green Building: U Glossary of Green Building: V Glossary of Green Building: W Glossary of Green Building: Y Glossary of Green Building: Z

Introduction - What is a POE?

POE - Why buildings fail

How POEs can help bridge the performance gap

What's holding up implementing POEs?

How to carry out a POE

POE - Different feedback techniques

POEs - sustainability & value for money

POEs - Keys to success

Further information & References

Water: Part G of the Building Regulations 2010

Touring the sewers of London and Paris

Changing the way we pay for water

What's in a word: water, language and meaning

Water efficiency and Scottish Building Regulations

Drinking our rivers dry

Sewage treatment - what you should know

Lighting specification and Part L: 2013

What should we expect from 'green' light fittings?

Getting it White!

Making sense of LED product quality Talking about Lighting Waste

Passive solar design: Direct solar gain

Passive solar design: Siting and Orientation

Passive solar design: Sunspaces

Whole life costing - Timber cladding Whole life costing: Pitched roof coverings Whole life costing: Prefabricated structural panels Whole life costing: Single ply membranes Whole life costing: Floor decking Whole life costing: Solar shading Whole life costing: Windows Whole life costing: Ceramic wall cladding Whole life costing: Acoustic separating flooring Whole life costing: Natural ventilation in offices Whole life costing: Mechanical ventilation in offices Whole life costing: Solar hot water systems Whole life costing: Photo voltaic (PV) cells Whole life costing: Wind power costs Whole life costing: CHP (combined heat and power systems) Whole life costing: Rainwater drainage Whole life costing: Rainwater harvesting Whole life costing: Hard water Whole life costing: Internal timber doors Whole life costing: Kitchen furniture Whole life costing: Rooflights Whole life costing: Sealants Whole life costing: Curtain walling Whole life costing: Steel corrosion protection Whole life costing: Coated steel cladding Whole life costing: Carpets Whole life costing: Entrance mats Whole life costing: Liquid roof waterproofing Whole life costing: High performance roofing Whole life costing: Retail lighting Whole life costing: Industrial Doors Whole life costing: Fencing

Whole life costing: Pervious paving Whole life costing: School partitions Whole life costing: Slip resistant flooring Whole life costing: Automatic doors Whole life costing: Bathroom pods Whole life costing: Residential garage doors Whole life costing: Green roofs Whole life costing: Insulated render

The Pavilion: E2 Architecture

The Larch House: bere:architects

Denby Dale Passivhaus: Derrie O’Sullivan

Wilkinson Primary School: Architype

Kirklees Media & Studio School: Stephen George

ModCell Renewable Schools

Hemcrete @ M&S Cheshire Oaks

Steel Farm: Mark Siddall

Vaudeville Court: Levitt Bernstein